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with uniformity and reliability',

,into-said' box, and laid in folds,

at one end; and I prefer to 'tlnitil my 01m" www WILLIAM HEB'DON,

or NEW YORK, N. Y.

Leners Patent No. 87,930, met March 1o, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN IMAC'HINE- FOR DMPING, 8m., CLOTH.

m Tha Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To dll whom it ma/y concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM HEBDON,

and State of N ew-York, have invented and made a new and useful Improvement in Machinery for Dampening, Shrinking, or Water-Proofing, and Drying, or Refinishing Woollen Fabrics;

the said invention, reference being had to the annexed drawing, making part of this specification, wherein Figure l isa verticallongitndinal section of said machine complete,l and f Figure 2is a plan of the same.

Similar marks of reference denote the saine parts.

In the manufacture of garments, it is usual, With tailors, to sponge the cloth, or else roll it up into a Wet cloth, to either shrink the cloth, or else to `remove the glossthat would causeit to shoW rain-spots; and frequently it is desired to introduce into the cloth substances that will render the libre water-proof to a large extent, so that the goods do not absorb rain or moisture with rapidity.

The methods heretofore pursued for effecting the aforesaid objects,

are slow, and diliicult to perform and my apparat-us is designed with a view t'o facilitating said operations,

vand rendering them more perfect.

In the drawinga is a vat, for containing warni or cold water, either alone, Vor mixed with such known or desired materials, that the woollen fabric shall thereby be rendered more or less `water-proof.

b is an openmovable box, or crate, made with a lid that-can be opened, to allow the cloth to be introduced as seen in iig. l. This is denewhen the crate b has been lifted up out ofthe The end of the cloth projects from this crate b, and after the crate has been pressed down in the water, and slidden under the lower edge of vertical pressboard o, to hold the same down, or otherwise kept in place, the cloth is led around the saturating-bar d,

under-the saturating-bar e, and between the spring squeezing-rollers j, to the winding-frame g.

The saturating-bars, d and e, are covered with cloth, or similar material, and act to insure' the penetration of the immersing-liquid into the cloth, as it is drawn outlet' the box, or crate b. A

The rollers f squeeze oli surplus moisture, and also insurea. thorough saturation of the cloth throughout .its texture.

Thewinding-ame g is provided with a crank-handle use a sheet of galvanized iron upon which to wind the cloth.

ofthe city and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of By the-mechanism before specified, a piece of cloth can he saturated so as to shrink it; or, by the use of proper substances in the liquid, said cloth may be Water-proofed; or a piece of cloth can be damped, by winding it up inside the piece of cloth that is being drawn out of the vat, and Wound upon the Winder g.

Under most circumstances, the cloth, as wound upon the Winder g, will contain too much moisture. I therefore provide the platen hand screw fi, and lift the frame and Winder g ont 'of its supports, k, and introduce it bet-Ween the platen h and press-board c, slots, at l, being provided for the journals of this frame g, and when the surplus water is squeezed out of the roll of cloth, the water runs back into the vat a,

The reel is afterwards replaced in the supports k, and the cloth unwound and inspected while passing over the roller m, the object of this being to discover whether there are any imperfections in the cloth.

The cloth passes down into a receptacle, n, below the receptacle o and pressing-table 1). This may be connected, at this end of the apparatus, or be movable.

The operator, in pressing, or reiinishing the cloth, passes the same successively along over the table p, andv irons' the same on the wrong side, or by the use of a suitable press-cloth, and, -in so doing, he draws the cloth out of one receptacle, n, and l passes it into the other receptacle, vo, as retinished. The dotted lines at these parts, in iig. 2, represent the manner in which the cloth is led.

This machine, heilig cheap, strong, and easily constructed and keptl in repair, is adapted to general use among tailors, and cloth-finishers and dealers.

The rollers j' should be mounted in movable boxes, q, so that -they can be easily lifted out of the way when it is desired to lift out the crate l), for introducing the cloth.

A movable table, ployed, as at lr.

What I claim, ent, is- A l. The crate b and saturating-bars, d and e, in combination with the squeezing-rollers f and Winder g, substantially as and for the purposes 'set forth.

2. In combination Witlrthe foregoing, the pressboard o, platen h, and screw i, applied within the vat a, and arranged, in relation to the Winder g and rollers j, in the manner and for the purposes specified.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my signa-'- ture, this 28th day of December, A. D. 1868.

W. HEBDON.

Witnesses:

' GaAs. H. SMITH,

D. Wannen..

and desire to secure by Letters Pat- 4 

